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Serious C road crash in Plymouth PL5 on 26 July 1995 at 05:59 involving an Austin Maestro

An Austin Maestro, a Ford Escort and a Zastava Yugo were involved in a crash on a C road in Plymouth at 05:59 on Wednesday 26 July 1995. The 39-year-old male driver of the Austin Maestro and the 54-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Jul 1995
Wednesday, 05:59
Vehicles
3
Austin Maestro and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.40625, longitude -4.15755, in the PL5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Plymouth.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199550E211758
Council area
Plymouth
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 June 2009.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Maestro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 3: Zastava Yugo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    1,116 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Maestro)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 199550E211758 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Plymouth road accident statistics for 1995.